playstation-3

Defenders of PS3 jailbreaker insist for case dismissal

Published on: 1st April, 2011

Lawyers who defend the PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz have scathingly answered Sony’s recent court filing by rejecting nearly all the accusations brought by the company. The attorneys of the defendant still fight Sony’s request of a trial in California, by arguing that it is the Japanese division that produces the hardware and firmware for the [...]

Sony confirms PS3s seized by custom officers in Europe following LG patent fight

Published on: 8th March, 2011

Sony confirmed a few days ago that shipments of PlayStation 3 game consoles had been seized in the Netherlands by custom officers, following a court injunction. As a consequence of LG winning the case, which said the console had violated patents held by the electronics maker from South Korea with its Blu-ray drive, a Dutch [...]

Sony’s PlayStation 3 banned in Europe because of LG

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Sony has recently faced a major problem as LG landed a preliminary restriction, banning the PlayStation 3 from being sold in Europe. Moreover, a civil court in The Hague decided that and PlayStation 3s imported in Europe will be confiscated by government officials for a minimum of the next ten days. The Guardian declared that [...]

Sony extends legal action against PS3 “jailbreak” modification distributors

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Sony has extended its legal action pointing to distributors of PS3 “jailbreak” modifications. The initial lawsuit of the company was directed against the owners of PS Jailbreak, but recent documents show that PSFreedom, PSGroove and OpenPSJailbreak are also targeted now. Motions permitting Sony to serve subpoenas and deposition notices were granted by US District Judge. [...]

PlayStation 3 firmware features unofficially revealed

Published on: 18th November, 2009

According to Scrawl, some screenshots showing the new PlayStation 3 firmware features have recently become public. It seems that there will be a Facebook integration feature, as well as the possibility of users to change Gamercard colours. It is more likely that the pics are coming from the UK PlayStation site, even if they have [...]